Silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material

Abstract

A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support having provided thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer, wherein the silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material contains at least one dye forming coupler represented by the following formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R 1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted aliphatic group, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic group, a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryloxy group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkylthio group, a substituted or unsubstituted arylthio group or a substituted or unsubstituted amino group; X═Y represents C═O, C═NR 2 , P═O or S═O; R 2 represents an aliphatic group or an aromatic group; Z represents a group capable of being released upon a reaction with the oxidation product of a developing agent; m and n each represents an integer of 1 or 2; R 1 and R 2 , R 1 and Z or R 2 and Z may be combined with each other to form a ring; and when m is 2, two R 1 's may be the same or different, or may be combined with each other to form a ring. The dye forming coupler represented by the formula (I) provides a yellow dye having excellent hue, a large molecular extinction coefficient and storage stability, and the silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material containing the yellow dye forming coupler is excellent in color reproducibility, sharpness and color image fastness.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support having provided thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer, wherein the silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material contains at least one dye forming coupler represented by the following formula (I): ##STR8## wherein R 1  represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryloxy group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkylthio group, a substituted or unsubstituted arylthio group or a substituted or unsubstituted amino group; X═Y represents C═O, C═NR 2 , P═O or S═O; R 2  represents an aliphatic group or an aromatic group; Z represents a group capable of being released upon a reaction with the oxidation product of a developing agent; m and n each represents an integer of 1 or 2; R 1  and R 2 , R 1  and Z or R 2  and Z may be combined with each other to form a ring; and when m is 2, two R 1  's may be the same or different, or may be combined with each other to form a ring. 
     
     
       2. The silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in claim 1, wherein R 1  represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryloxy group or a substituted or unsubstituted amino group. 
     
     
       3. The silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in claim 1, wherein X═Y represents C═O or C═NR 2 . 
     
     
       4. The silver halide color photographic light sensitive material as claimed in claim 1, wherein the substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy group represented by R 1  is selected from the group consisting of a hexadecyloxy group, a 2-hexyldecyloxy group, a dodecyloxypropyl group and a 3-(2,4-di-tert-amylphenoxy)propyloxy group. 
     
     
       5. The silver halide color photographic light sensitive material as claimed in claim 1, wherein the substituted or unsubstituted aryloxy group represented by R 1  is selected from the group consisting of a 4-tert-octylphenoxy group, a 2,4-di-tert-amylphenoxy group and a 3-pentadecylphenoxy group. 
     
     
       6. The silver halide color photographic light sensitive material as claimed in claim 1, wherein the substituted or unsubstituted alkylthio group represented by R 1  is selected from the group consisting of a hexydecylthio group and a 2-hexyldecylthio group. 
     
     
       7. The silver halide color photographic light sensitive material as claimed in claim 1, wherein the substituted or unsubstituted arylthio group represented by R 1  is selected from the group consisting of a 4-dodecylphenylthio group and a 2-tetradecanoylaminophenylthio group. 
     
     
       8. The silver halide color photographic light sensitive material as claimed in claim 1, wherein the substituted or unsubstituted amino group represented by R 1  is selected from the group consisting of a hexadecylamino group, a dodecyloxypropylamino group, a 3-(2,4-di-tert-amylphenoxy)-propylamino group, a 4-dodecyloxyanilino group, a 3-tetradecanoylaminoanilino group, a 2-methoxy-5-tetradecanoylaminoanilino group, an N-methyl-N-hexadecylamino group and an N-methyl-N-(4-dodecyloxyphenyl)amino group. 
     
     
       9. The silver halide color photographic light sensitive material as claimed in claim 1, wherein the amount of the coupler of formula (I) is from 1×10 -3  to 1 mol per mol of silver halide. 
     
     
       10. A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support having provided thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer, wherein the silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material contains at least one dye forming coupler represented by the following formula (I): ##STR9## wherein R 1  represents a substituted or unsubstituted aliphatic group, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic group, a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryloxy group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkylthio group, a substituted or unsubstituted arylthio group or a substituted or unsubstituted amino group; X═Y represents C═O, C═NR 2 , P═O or S═O; R 2  represents an aliphatic group or an aromatic group; Z represents a halogen atom, an alkoxy group, an aryloxy group, an acyloxy group, a sulfonyloxy group, an acylamino group, a sulfonamido group, an alkoxycarbonyloxy group, a carbamoyloxy group, an alkylthio group, an arylthio group, a heterocyclic thio group, a heterocyclic oxy group, a 5-membered or 6-membered nitrogen-containing heterocyclic group or an azo group; m and n each represents an integer of 1 or 2; R 1  and R 2 , R 1  and Z or R 2  and Z may be combined with each other to form a ring; and when m is 2, two R 1  's may be the same or different, or may be combined with each other to form a ring. 
     
     
       11. The silver halide color photographic light sensitive material as claimed in claim 10, wherein the substituted or unsubstituted aromatic group represented by R 1  is selected from the group consisting of a 4-dodecyloxyphenyl group, a 4-tetradecanoyl-aminophenyl group and a 2,4-di-tert-amylphenyl group. 
     
     
       12. The silver halide color photographic light sensitive material as claimed in claim 10, wherein the substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group represented by R 1  is selected from the group consisting of a 5-dodecyloxy-carbonyl-2-furyl group and a 2-hexadecanoylamino-5-pyridyl group. 
     
     
       13. The silver halide color photographic light sensitive material as claimed in claim 10, wherein the substituted or unsubstituted aliphatic group represented by R 1  is selected from the group consisting of an octyl group, a 2-ethylhexyl group, a dodecyl group, a hexadecyl group, a tert-octyl group, an isodecyl group, an isostearyl group, a dodecyloxypropyl group and a 3-(2,4-di-tert-amylphenoxy)propyl group. 
     
     
       14. The silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in claim 13, wherein Z represents a chlorine atom, an aryloxy group, a heterocyclic oxy group, a carbamoyloxy group or a 5-membered nitrogen-containing heterocyclic group. 
     
     
       15. The silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material as claimed in claim 14, wherein Z represents an aromatic oxy group, a heterocyclic oxy group or a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic group.